Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall urges City Council to extend school mask mandate
Vote is planned for Tuesday as Dr. Angela Dunn, who leads Salt Lake County’s Health Department, points to data showing the face coverings are working.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall arrives at a news conference about masks in schools in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.